When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, read more

When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make an immediate application of it, as we would of the advice of a friend whom we have purposely consulted

May you live your life as if the maxim of your actions were to become universal law.

May you live your life as if the maxim of your actions were to become universal law.

Few maxims are true in every respect

Few maxims are true in every respect

Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.

Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.

A collection of anecdotes and maxims is the greatest of treasures for the man of the world, for he knows read more

A collection of anecdotes and maxims is the greatest of treasures for the man of the world, for he knows how to intersperse conversation with the former in fit places, and to recollect the latter on proper occasions

All maxims have their antagonist maxims; proverbs should be sold in pairs, a single one being but a half truth

All maxims have their antagonist maxims; proverbs should be sold in pairs, a single one being but a half truth

They are like the clue in the labyrinth, or the compass in the night.

They are like the clue in the labyrinth, or the compass in the night.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

Symbologists often remarked that France-a country renowned for machismo, womanizing, and diminutive insecure leaders like Napoleon and Pepin the Short-could read more

Symbologists often remarked that France-a country renowned for machismo, womanizing, and diminutive insecure leaders like Napoleon and Pepin the Short-could not have chosen a more apt national emblem than a thousand-foot phallus.